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SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

EIN 95-1866094 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$121,575,886
Expenses 2024
$120,022,004

Program services were 95.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
1111 CHAPALA ST STE 200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION (SBF) IS TO MOBILIZE COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL TO BUILD EMPATHETIC, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION (SBF) IS TO MOBILIZE COLLECTIVE WISDOM AND PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL TO BUILD EMPATHETIC, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.SBF IS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN 1928 TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THROUGH PHILANTHROPY. AS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR AREA NONPROFITS, AGENCIES AND COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS, SBF BUILDS AND FACILITATES PHILANTHROPY THROUGH DONOR PARTNERSHIPS; INVESTS IN NONPROFITS; AND IDENTIFIES AND STRATEGICALLY ADDRESSES IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NEEDS.

  • SBF SERVES THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, FUNDING A WIDE RANGE OF INITIATIVES, PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2024, SBF AWARDED OVER 2,000 GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. GRANTS ARE MADE THROUGH SBF FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF FUNDS, INCLUDING: DONOR ADVISED FUNDS, DONOR DESIGNATED FUNDS AND FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS. DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, TOTALING OVER $6 MILLION IN 2024, ARE SUPPORTED BY SBF'S UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT INCOME AND ARE AWARDED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF SBF STAFF FOLLOWING A RIGOROUS PROCESS OF RESEARCH, DUE DILIGENCE, PLANNING AND EVALUATION.

    Expenses $111,407,385 · Grants $106,516,125 · Revenue $741,527

  • SBF PROVIDED FUNDING OF OVER $1 MILLION IN 2024 TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, FOOD, AND SHELTER & SAFETY THOROUGH ITS COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,369,068 · Grants $1,242,500

  • SBF PROVIDED FUNDING OF OVER $1 MILLION IN 2024 TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA FOR STUDENT AID. THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION OVER 150 STUDENTS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.

    Expenses $1,401,242 · Grants $1,271,700

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JACQUELINE CARRERA

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $541,304
    From this org
    $457,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,862
    Hours/week
    40 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $413,586
    Bonus
    $43,856
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $57,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,362
    Filer's total
    $541,304

  • TODD YUBA

    VP, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $354,465
    From this org
    $297,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,674
    Hours/week
    40 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $286,791
    Bonus
    $11,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,919
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,755
    Filer's total
    $354,465

  • TAMMY SIMS JOHNSON

    VP, PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $273,866
    From this org
    $214,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,611
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,255
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,809
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,802
    Filer's total
    $273,866

  • ELIZABETH THASIAH

    VP, PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $266,623
    From this org
    $224,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,236
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,387
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,498
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,738
    Filer's total
    $266,623

  • JANET MOCKER

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $234,695
    From this org
    $187,271
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,424
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,271
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,658
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,766
    Filer's total
    $234,695

  • JESSICA SANCHEZ

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DONOR RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $183,846
    From this org
    $144,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,644
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,202
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,803
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,841
    Filer's total
    $183,846

  • JENNY KEARNS

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GRANTMAKING

    Total calculated
    $166,076
    From this org
    $137,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,381
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,695
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,196
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,185
    Filer's total
    $166,076

  • MATT ROWE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • STEPHEN HICKS

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANGEL ISCOVICH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DANNA MCGREW

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL PFAU

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • GEORGE ADAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEXANDRA ALLEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHIL ALVARADO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD BESWICK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAMELA GANN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RAFAEL GONZALEZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIAH JORDAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAMELA MACAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LOIS MITCHELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT NAKASONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERNESTO PAREDES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN RICHARDS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYNN SCARLETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $121,575,886
    Expenses
    $120,022,004
    Contributions
    $104,034,034
    Grants paid
    $109,030,325
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $37,810,274
    Expenses
    $35,776,166
    Contributions
    $28,455,651
    Grants paid
    $25,917,822
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $65,112,090
    Expenses
    $34,018,312
    Contributions
    $46,233,781
    Grants paid
    $25,787,227

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $53,590,434
    Expenses
    $43,641,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $456,585,072

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,254,704
    Expenses
    $32,916,746
    Assets (EOY)
    $420,966,327

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,668,906
    Expenses
    $38,873,354
    Assets (EOY)
    $392,665,597

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,883,777
    Expenses
    $36,251,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $372,582,050

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $193,680,315
    Expenses
    $32,703,267
    Assets (EOY)
    $424,101,970

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • 1111 CHAPALA STREET LLC

    RENTAL - OFFICE SPACE · CA · income $983,090 · assets $8,155,733

  • 300 EAST ISLAY STREET LLC

    CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES · CA · income $0 · assets $2,854,066

  • SBF PROPERTIES LLC

    CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES · CA · income $98,331 · assets $2,016,861

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.